Sign up for the BBQ competition and/or enter your homebrew by calling the Mateel at: 707-923-3368

On Sunday, September 3rd the Mateel Community Center will host the 9th annual SoHum Beer Fest & BBQ Smoke Off, Humboldt’s original combination Beer & BBQ competition. The event will feature unlimited micro & homebrew tastings in a free commemorative tasting glass, a smorgasbord of BBQ samplers from the competing contestants, a free plate a side dishes and complimentary breads, and the chance to help decide the competition’s winners by voting for your favorite BBQ dishes and beers. Also featured is great live music from Diggin Dirt and Way Out West in an outdoor setting at the Mateel, 59 Rusk Lane in Redway from 4-9pm. To sign up for the BBQ competition or enter your homebrew call the Mateel at 707-923-3368.

To sign up for the BBQ competition or to enter your homebrew, call 707-923-3368. Please note that BBQ contestants must provide their own ingredients, serving utensils, and grill (if needed) plus make enough of their dish to serve bite size samplers to a crowd of approximately 300 people. Home-brewers should make enough beer to provide samplers for the same. Two free admissions are offered to each BBQ contestant or home-brewer who enters. Prizes, bragging rights and a commemorative plaque go home with the top three winners in both the Beer and BBQ categories, plus a limited cash reimbursement on expenses.